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1998 Auburn

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Terry Bowden, then Bill Oliver (interim, final 5 games).

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1998, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 Virginia 0–19; won at Ole Miss 17–0; lost vs. No. 7 LSU 19–31; lost vs. No. 3 Tennessee 9–17; lost at Mississippi State 21–38; lost at No. 5 Florida 3–24; won vs. Louisiana Tech 32–17; lost vs. No. 14 Arkansas 21–24; won vs. UCF 10–6; lost vs. No. 17 Georgia 17–28; lost at Alabama 17–31+17−21Lost 0–19 vs. No. 16 Virginia-19No. 16 VirginiaWon 17–0 at Ole Miss+17Ole MissLost 19–31 vs. No. 7 LSU-12No. 7 LSULost 9–17 vs. No. 3 Tennessee-8No. 3 TennesseeLost 21–38 at Mississippi State-17Mississippi Sta…Lost 3–24 at No. 5 Florida-21No. 5 FloridaWon 32–17 vs. Louisiana Tech+15Louisiana TechLost 21–24 vs. No. 14 Arkansas-3No. 14 ArkansasWon 10–6 vs. UCF+4UCFLost 17–28 vs. No. 17 Georgia-11No. 17 GeorgiaLost 17–31 at Alabama-14Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs16VirginiaL 0–⁠1964%
Sep 12atOle MissW 17–⁠044%
Sep 19vs7LSUL 19–⁠3156%
Oct 3vs3TennesseeL 9–⁠1739%
Oct 10atMississippi StateL 21–⁠3840%
Oct 17at5FloridaL 3–⁠2418%
Oct 24vsLouisiana TechW 32–⁠1756%
Oct 31vs14ArkansasL 21–⁠2453%
Nov 7vsUCFW 10–⁠650%
Nov 14vs17GeorgiaL 17–⁠2846%
Nov 21atAlabamaL 17–⁠3139%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 31–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 25

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1998.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
166–⁠235
Coach
Terry Bowden, then Bill Oliver (interim, final 5 games)
Elo
1506 −103 this season
SP+ rating
7.4 No. 44 of 112; offense No. 87, defense No. 11
SRS
2.5 No. 44 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Rodney Allison and Jimbo Fisher
Defensive coordinator
Bill Oliver
Offense
Pro I formation
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 3Karsten Bailey WRSeattle Seahawks
Rd 4Brad Ware DBTennessee Titans

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Charles DorseyDTAP-2
  • Rob PateSCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee8–⁠013–⁠01
Florida7–⁠110–⁠25
Georgia6–⁠29–⁠314
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠316
Mississippi State6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky4–⁠47–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠5
LSU2–⁠64–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9
South Carolina0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.